Rural Caregivers Struggle as State Leaves Thousands Waiting For Help at Home: AARP NY Survey

Family caregivers in the Mid-Hudson Valley are stressed and cutting work hours or even leaving jobs because they do not have enough help, according to a new A-A-R-P New York surveyThe survey of voters 40 and older in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties paints the same picture as in the rest of the state, where family members shoulder much of the responsibility for keeping an aging loved ones at home, while all too often doing so without adequate support from the state. Tim Bruno spoke to David McNally, AARP New York’s Senior Director of Advocacy.